Religion & Law

?ACLU Demands Flour Bluff High School Allow Gay-Straight Alliance Student Club to Meet?

Posted on March 02, 2011
ACLU: "Today, the ACLU sent a demand letter to the Flour Bluff Independent School District (FBISD) that gives the district until March 9 to confirm that a GSA will be allowed on campus or face possible legal action."

Death Penalty Sought for Abortion Doctor

Posted on March 02, 2011
TIME: "Prosecutors in Philadelphia say they will seek the death penalty against a doctor charged with killing a patient and seven babies at his abortion clinic."

Unborn child to ?testify? on OH abortion bill

Posted on March 01, 2011
WTOL.com: "An aide to committee Chairman Lynn Wachtmann said a pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected onto a screen."

About those ?laws that would OK killing abortion providers?

Posted on March 01, 2011
Pajamas Media: Americans United for Life Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke tells LifeNews.com the ?anti-life media once again got their facts wrong? in reporting about AUL?s ?Pregnant Woman?s Protection Act.? She said the model legislation seeks to ensure that a pregnant woman and her unborn child are protected from criminal violence and that her decision to carry her child to term is respected and that the model legislation was drafted in direct response to the well-documented and growing problem of pregnancy-related violence against women.

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Virginia: Abortion clinics fear new law could shut them down

Posted on March 01, 2011
Newsleader.com: "Virginia abortion clinics believe a new state law requiring them to meet hospital standards could force some to close, even though several newly-built clinics are designed to meet structural and architectural standards hospitals."

Same-Sex Unions in Peru: A Long Shot, Except at Roiling the Presidential Race

Posted on March 01, 2011
TIME Blog: Presidential front-runner Alejandro Toledo, trying to win back the office he held between 2001 and '06, got things going after his party announced that it supported civil unions for same-sex couples. "We are not promoting gay marriage, but we are fully behind civil unions," said Toledo.

Patrick J. Buchanan: Why Gov. Scott Walker Must Win

Posted on March 01, 2011
Patrick J. Buchanan writes at CNSNews: "Actually, what the governor wants to end is the scandalous practice of powerful unions raising millions and running phone banks and get-out-the-vote operations for politicians who thank them with wages, benefits and job security no private employer can match...

Proposed bill may quiet conversation on homosexuality

Posted on March 01, 2011
VolunteerTv.com: The bill, known as House Bill 229 or Senate Bill 49, says in part: "No public elementary or middle school shall provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality."

EU court bans insurance sex discrimination

Posted on March 01, 2011
AP: "The European Union high court ruled Tuesday that insurers and pension schemes cannot differentiate contracts based on gender since that would amount to sex discrimination."

House GOP Leader Won?t Rule Out Funding Planned Parenthood in Final CR

Posted on March 01, 2011
"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) today would not rule out that the Republican House leadership would permit taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood in the final continuing resolution that Congress must enact to keep the government funded through the rest of fiscal year 2011, which runs through Sept...

Walter E. Williams: Public Employee Unions

Posted on March 01, 2011
Walter E. Williams writes at CNSNews: "From my view, the only controversy regarding unions is what they should be permitted and not permitted to do. According to the Department of Labor, most union members today work for state, local and federal government...

RI: Union takes action against school board

Posted on March 01, 2011
Providence Journal: "But union members said they believe he fired all of the teachers so he can pick and choose which ones get to return for next school year. If a layoff was ordered, teachers would have been recalled according to seniority."

Australia: MPs attack Bible ?madness?

Posted on March 01, 2011
The Age: "OPPOSITION MPs have strongly attacked the ban on Bibles and other holy books being handed out at citizenship ceremonies, with Tony Abbott describing it as outrageous."

Federal Report: Almost Half the Babies Aborted in NYC Were Black

Posted on March 01, 2011
CNSNews: "In New York City in 2007, 87,527 abortions were performed, with 43,568--or 49.8 percent--of the aborted babies being black, according to the CDC."

Rev. Sirico: Commentary on Catholics and Unions

Posted on March 01, 2011
Rev. Robert A. Sirico writes in the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal via the Acton Institute Blog: "Here?s the question Catholics need to ask themselves: Are the unions I support of the same type that are idealized in Catholic social teaching? Or have they changed to the point where they are unions in name only but actually just political machines for coercing workers and extracting money through the political process? The bias toward unions in Catholic social teaching is rooted in a perception that unions fulfill certain moral conditions...

Unethical Patent for Human Embryo Manipulation

Posted on March 01, 2011
David Prentice writes at the FRC Blog: The embryonic stem cell and cloning company, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), has been granted a patent for what it calls its ?single-blastomere technique? for generating human embryonic stem cell lines. ACT claims that the technique produces embryonic stem cell lines without embryo destruction, but the company?s own published data belie the statement.

David French: ?Intolerance in Wisconsin: The University?s Role?

Posted on March 01, 2011
ADF attorney David French writes at the National Review Phi Beta Cons Blog: "So now at least some of the protestors in Wisconsin have been reduced to hitting a Fox News reporter and covering up his camera to prevent his broadcast. And this in a protest that features a strong university presence...

Will Md. Marriage be Decided by Voters?

Posted on March 01, 2011
CBN.com: "Opponents [of marriage redefinition] have said they will immediately begin the process of gathering enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in November 2012 and let the voters decide whether they want to approve gay marriage."

Planned Parenthood opponents change approach on ordinance

Posted on March 01, 2011
Telegram & Gazette: "A group opposed to the possibility of a Planned Parenthood office in downtown Gardner changed the direction of its petition last night in an effort to gain approval from the Planning Board and City Council."

Chile presented with Int?l Protect Life Award by ADF, pro-life organizations at U.N.

Posted on March 01, 2011
Chile boasts lowest maternal mortality rate in Latin America due to vigorous efforts to help mothers, protect preborn children

Neb. Legislature begins debate on abortion bill

Posted on March 01, 2011
NECN: "The bill (LB22) by Omaha Sen. Beau McCoy would exclude abortion coverage from all private insurance policies sold in Nebraska."

Fidel Castro expected to resign as Cuba party chief

Posted on March 01, 2011
Reuters: "The Cuban Communist Party has moved forward the election of new leadership to a congress in April where longtime party leader Fidel Castro is expected to step down, sources close to the party said over the weekend."

The Schools the Big Firms Love: U of Chicago, Harvard

Posted on March 01, 2011
Am Law Daily: The NLJ's annual survey of "go-to" law schools shows that the University of Chicago Law School had the highest percentage (58.97 percent) of 2010 graduates end up at NLJ 250 firms. Cornell Law School (58.33 percent) was not far behind. Columbia Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School also can boast that a majority of graduates landed at top firms.

Top Firms Drawing Fewer Top Law School Grads

Posted on March 01, 2011
Wall Street Journal: "The NLJ crunched the numbers, and found that hiring of graduates of the top law schools by the nation?s largest law firms slid by 10% during 2010 compared with 2009."

In boost for GOP plan, Fed chief says cuts won?t derail recovery

Posted on March 01, 2011
The Hill: "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says a plan from House Republicans to cut $61 billion in spending this year would not harm economic growth. "

Obama Admin Appeals Judge?s Ruling on Pro-Abortion Obamacare

Posted on March 01, 2011
LifeNews: "The administration of President Barack Obama filed legal papers on Monday officially appealing the decision of a federal judge in Virginia who struck down the main portion of the Obamacare law that could allow taxpayer funding of abortions...

China tightens media controls amid protest calls

Posted on March 01, 2011
AP: "China appears to be tightening restrictions on international media again, barring foreign journalists from working near a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after calls for protests in those spots appeared online."

EU justice chief: company boards need more women

Posted on March 01, 2011
AP: "The European Union's justice commissioner asked publicly listed companies to appoint more women to corporate boards and threatened them with imposed quotas if they don't."

Jim Campbell on the Zeb Bell Show: White House refuses to defend DOMA

Posted on March 01, 2011
ADF attorney Jim Campbell appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss the situation. | MP3 audio 10:26 mins | Related: ADF statement in response to DOJ letter on Defense of Marriage Act

?DOJ sticks to its guns on Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?

Posted on March 01, 2011
National Law Journal: "U.S. Justice Department lawyers have moved again to halt the court fight over Don't Ask, Don't Tell, citing Congress's recent vote for repeal. At the same time, government lawyers asked the appeal court to reverse a federal judge who ruled that the military's ban on open homosexuals was unconstitutional...

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